Solar heater.



Patented sept. la, 1900.

H. Tunas. SOLAR HEATER.l

(Application led Feb. 12, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES HENRY TUDoR.oF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

soLAR HATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.. 658,195, dated September 18, 1900,

Appunto-unina Femm misco. :Senn normas. ino-modelo 'To all whom it' 11T/wy concern/:

ton con n ty of S uolk, State of Massach use'tts,

liaveinvented an Improvementin Solar HcaterS,of which the following description, in `connection with the. accompanying drawings, isla specification, like letters and'numerals on the drawings representing like parts.v

lhis invention has for its object the production of sim ple and effectivemeansfor utilf izing the heat of the vsuns rays in-t 'he per for-mance ot' useful work; and my invention comprises, essentially, a-colnpartment con- A struct'ed andarranged to prevent heat radiation'v and containing material-Which will read- `ily absorb heat when exposed to the 'rays'of The sunand 'an adjacent-closed compartment also constructed to prevent heatradiation and containing the devicesbv which the 'storednpjheat in the first-named compartment is to be utilizedin performing vuseful work, communication between the '-two compartments: controlled at the will of' the operator,

being l preferente' vfitlielglod non-'heating radiatingsupports C,"

compartment also'constructed topreven-t heat radiation.. A

Figure 1 is *al perspective 'view of"A a solar 4heatin g apparatus embodying One frniofjmy.

invention, the heat receiving o-'r storage coni-.

partinent `being vshown lvvithits .cover open.

Fig.l 2 isa apparatus longitudinal sectional'view lof the The-apparatusfis herein shown as' compris;

inge compartment'A, havingagiiovable cover,`

' steamdelivery--pipe h2o and av water-feedpipeff =bl9lFigs;f1fand 2-j-said :compartments being raised' andv` supported fon-glass or and the :'bottom; side. walls, .and tops of the compa ments are constructed to prevent tol a v-eryhigh-degree the radiation of heatftherefrom."

'W ,f Thecom artment A is shown as comprising an inner case a, two'external coatings a a, of asbestos or other non-'beatfladiating material, separated-,by a dead-airspace as, and the'whole jnclosedin a suitable sheatlija.A The asbestos for otherv walls af d? are' shown as separtedby A lis constructed sul)s ,tantially as 'are the' walls and bottom of the com partment, as 'des 'suitable ribs ori-bars a5, Fig. "f2, and the cover- Be it known that I, HENRY rlUDOR, of Bos-1 scribed. The compartment Bis constructed" in a similar man-ner, thereference-letters b' b2, f

&c. being used toindicate corresponding portions of. the -compartment B'. Communication between the compartments is normallyl interrupted 'in' any suitable manner, as by a slide-20, movable in guides 25 onthe "interior of thecomparnnent and provided with asuitlable handle 30, (see Fig, 1,) so that when the slide-is pushed inone compartment will be vcompletelyj-shut oil f romthe other Ifpreferfto till the'compartment A with 'stones or other material which willreadilyf abf sorb heat When exposedl to-theiys of the sun and whichnwill present a large surface to lie/heated, and the stones or other heat-absorbent material, as M,Figs`. 1 and 2, may be coated or painted. with white. lead or other suitable matter., j The operation ofthe apparatus'will be mani-l fest from ltheforegoin'g .and from an inspiec- .tion of thedrawings,thecoverA' being thrown hack when the'sun is'sliininig, so-that therays described, and thenthe slide .is drawn entre .-permit'fthe fpassa'g'efof 'theheat as 5it isdriven'joff from the comparte,

'lfeiagtedf in. the"l .compartment 5B.- f-

:slide .istiv'ifthfdrawn",v the vcontents :ofthe "come 'partnnentl'will be kept inpla'cesin anyfsnit- Vablem'an'n'er-fV-ias", for, instaurac,- byary vertical "gratin'gg between suchcontcnts andthel --.1he construction `eff the apparatus'. .IS'; exlceed'i'ngly7 simplefand `will provide ai ready means for v-"u'tilizing'g su-n vheat in vall places where the sunsrayspossess great powerfoi" vfairly long. periods of 'time .d1lrin'g`the "dayi ,thereoi willhave access to the contents of the lforce oiv the'rays'begins .to diminish,

icoinpartmerit vandlri'et'ai ning 'the heat' therein '1 by,reasonof'the-nonLheatsradiating-constrll- .ment'A to 'the boileror other :device to vbe when. the '9.0

slide.

My inventi'onfs'fnot restricted .to the'prec'isc construction and arrangement herein. shown, as the same may be modified .'orfrearranged AWithout departing from the spirit 'and .scope of .my invention. P

; 'Having describedmy invention, what lv claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patf ent, is-

l. In an apparat-us of the class described, a heater omprising a compartment having an open top and constructed to prevent radiation of heat,heatab sorbing material in said compartment, to be heated by exposure to the sun, a closed compartment constructed to prevent heat radiation and containing the device to be heated, means to control lcommunica- -tion between said compartments and a nonheatfadiating cover to' be appiie to the open its contents have been compartment when heated.

.2. In an apparatus of the class described, a closed compartment to contain the devine to be heated, an opencompartnlent cnntainv 

